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man(1) tilemaker man page man(1)

NAME

tilemaker - Generates vector tiles from OpenStreetMap data

SYNOPSIS

tilemaker --input input.osm.pbf --output output.mbtiles

DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the tilemaker command.

tilemaker generates vector tiles without from OpenStreetMap planet and diff files without any complex stack or need for database.

This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of options is included below:

Source path and file from OpenStreetMap (.osm.pbf).
Target path and file for vector tiles (.mbtiles/.sqlite).
Specific config file (.json). If is nothing provided, tilemaker expects a `config.json` file in the current directory.
Lua processing script for processing tags (.lua). If is nothing provided, tilemaker expects a `process.lua` file in the current directory.
Path to the directory as a temporary store during processing. If specifcied tilemaker uses on-disk storage instead of holding everything in RAM.
Merge with existing .mbtiles/.sqlite file.
Outputs any issues encountered during tile creation.
Number of threads (automatically detected if 0).
Show help message for tilemaker.

BUGS

No known bugs.

AUTHOR

This manual page was written by tilemaker contributors.

27 Aug 2021 1.0